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Category: Arcade

15 July 2024

Nichibutsu X-Rate DVD system footage (NSFW)

Written by S11
The X-Rate system very similar to the High Rate system, but the IDE control / video playback board is replaced with a board which controls a DVD player via IR pulses, similar to the much older VHS and Laserdisc...
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Arcade, Games
29 May 2022

Toshiba SD-B100 DVD information / service / repair

Written by S11
The Toshiba SD-B100 DVD player is the model used by Seibu CATS video mahjong systems (and some Konami bemani games), it’s a broadcast quality unit actually designed by Sanko supporting serial control.  There’s an IR receiver present but as...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
15 May 2022

Old scans added to the archive

Written by S11
I found some scans I hadn’t actually processed and uploaded from before the scanner failed – just added them!  
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Arcade
21 April 2022

Irem (ELNA) capacitor update – Madonna cabs

Written by S11
If you have an Irem Madonna cabinet you’ll find that there’s a credit board clipped to the left side of the coin box casing – M79. It’s got the same problem as the game boards, two were bad on...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
22 January 2022

Y2 System JAMMA to Mahjong adapter reproductions

Written by S11
There’s a very rare Mahjong game for the Y2 system called Higurashi No Nako Koroni Jan, because the system is JAMMA native an adapter is needed for you to play the game on a Mahjong panel.  The game can...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
08 December 2021

Capcom CPS Q-Sound case cap repros

Written by S11
Well thanks to Franco on the Arcade Otaku forum, we’ve put together reproductions for those often missing screw caps on CPS Q-Sound cases. These usually go missing when they are opened up to be desuicided, battery swapped, or as...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
22 April 2021

Art scanning paused

Written by S11
So I was really getting into getting through the huge piles of art that need scanning, and scanning everything that arrives or leaves as a priority but unfortunately…. Scanner has started adding strange streaks to scans, it was a...
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Arcade
22 April 2021

Nichibutsu DVD21 DVD system footage (NSFW)

Written by S11
Developed at the same time as the Next Generation system, the DVD21 uses infrared controlled drives the same as the X-Rate rather than serial controlled. I think this was a system aimed at operators who had already invested in...
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Arcade, Games
06 April 2021

Art scanning update

Written by S11
It’s been a while since I posted here, I’ve been so busy with so many projects and not buying much worth showing off.  However the scans archive has quietly (and slowly) been increasing and today it broke the 100 items...
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Arcade
21 April 2020

PLCC84 7064/7096 to Dataman 48UXP adapter

Written by S11
Reading ROMs and other chips can become an expensive process. Even when you’ve obtained a reader which has all the device support you need, it will tend to come with a standard ZIF socket and if the device you...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
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